Articles filed under Heroin
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High school football fans to see substance abuse messages on fieldJul 02, 2015 5:30 am - A nationally known addiction treatment organization hopes to get the attention of Lake County high school football fans with messages designed to spark conversations bet...
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Durbin pushes for greater access to heroin overdose antidoteJul 01, 2015 1:00 am - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin wants more first responders and community organizations to be able to get their hands on a drug that's been heralded as a lifesaving antidote to...
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Kane authorities make $2.1 million heroin bustJun 10, 2015 1:00 am - Kane County sheriff's deputies arrested a 26-year-old Aurora man Sunday after he picked up a package containing nearly five pounds of heroin worth an estimated $2.1 mill...
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States help get heroin antidote into hands of regular folksMay 17, 2015 1:00 am - BUFFALO, N.Y. - At the front of a classroom, health worker Cheryll Moore demonstrates "the nod" - a jerk of the head forward and then quickly back - a telltale sign of h...
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Naperville panelists: Tell teens drug, alcohol use not OKMay 13, 2015 1:00 am - The best advice to help prevent teen substance abuse might sound a little obvious, but experts who spoke at a panel discussion in Naperville are sticking to it. Tell yo...
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Sheriff's deputy saves Lake County's 12th overdose victimMay 13, 2015 1:00 am - The Lake County sheriff on Wednesday celebrated another case of a deputy using the overdose reversal drug Naloxone to save a life, but he also expressed concern about th...
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Recovery from heroin addiction 'a family effort'May 10, 2015 7:30 am - Recovery from heroin addiction 'a family effort'
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Elgin man guilty in Addison heroin bustMay 04, 2015 1:00 am - An Elgin man now faces between 15 and 60 years in prison for his role in a July 2014 heroin deal gone bad. DuPage County Judge John Kinsella on Monday morning found Jose...
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Darien woman gets four years for selling heroinMay 04, 2015 1:00 am - A Darien woman charged with selling heroin outside Hinsdale Central High School is headed to prison. Melinda Rozell, 43, of the 0-100 block of Elm Street, pleaded guilty...
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Two from Hanover Park held on $2 million bail in heroin deathMay 02, 2015 1:00 am - Two Hanover Park residents have been charged with drug-induced homicide in the heroin overdose death of a 32-year-old Bartlett man on March 9, authorities announced Satu...